Sleeping Beauties

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You may have watched the 1959 Walt Disney movie Sleeping Beauty (inset) but do you know that it is based on the classic fairy tale La Belle au bois dormant by the French author, Charles Perrault? La Belle au bois dormant is French for The Beauty asleep in the wood. Disney's tale about the beautiful sleeping princess Aurora was actually drawn from Tchaikovsky's ballet which premiered at Saint Petersburg in 1890 but the ballet itself was adapted from Charles Perrault's La Belle au bois dormant which appeared in 1697 in the author's Contes de ma Mère l'Oye or Tales of Mother Goose. While this work laid foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, the tales featured which include Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots and Cinderella are by no means original. They were derived from pre-existing folk tales. Good things get copied!


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Anonymous said…
Some persons can fall asleep in any place. If it's the natural capacity -it's a great happiness
June 16, 2011 at 2:28 AM
footiam said…
Most of the time, when I was traveling, I will fall asleep in the bus. That's happiness sometimes when it is dark and there is nothing to see outside.
June 18, 2011 at 9:56 PM
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